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Description: | Complete medieval miniature axe head made of tin alloy. Axe is a bearded axe head with a complete socket, both sides of the blade are decorated with bands of cross hatching of various thicknesses. The decoration is not identically laid out upon both sides as one side is slightly more flattened and is clearly the reverse side of the mould. Similar small axe heads of this type can be found in Spenceer 1998: No.299-301e. These are secular badges rather than religious and seem to have been particualrly popular during the 13th Century AD but examples are known into the early 16th century AD.The object has a greenish-golden colour suggesting it is made of tin as tin oxide has a naturally golden colour. There are spots of darker black corrosion over the surface of the object. The socket would originally have held a small haft for the axe as seen in Spencer 1998: No.299.Height: 32.77mmWidth: 32.1mmThickness of blade: 1.03mmWeight: 3.77gRef: Spencer, B. 1998. Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges. The Stationery Office, London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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